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Cadbury under fire as jobs go east
cornishminer Posted: 03.10.2007, 16:22



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last visit: 12.10.08 		Its time we started to boycott so called British products now made aboard.

Evening Standard 3 October 2007, 2:25pm
Cadbury stood accused of behaving like a voracious private equity firm today after it unveiled plans to axe 700 jobs and shut a factory near Bristol.

The chocolate maker was founded by Quakers in 1824 and has a history of protecting staff, promoting pacifism and working towards social reform.
At an emergency meeting today it told 500 workers at the Somerdale factory their jobs will be moved to Poland as part of a cost-cutting drive.

Brian Revell of Unite, the UK's biggest union, said the company was asset-stripping.

'Days after Gordon Brown was talking up British jobs, an iconic British company is looking to shed work here,' he added.

'This is the sort of behaviour we have come to expect from the short-term, quickstrip private-equity firm - not Britain's most respected chocolate manufacturer.'

Another 200 jobs will go at Bournville. Up to £40m will be spent in Poland to take on most of the production at Somerdale.

Another culprit is Heinz now producing 'HP Source' in Holland.
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Mike Posted: 03.10.2007, 16:43

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last visit: 21.11.08 		It might be hard to tell which are which as they might carry 'made in the EU'. Getting it wrong might not be a good philosophy as it might put the remaining jobs in jeopardy.
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cornishminer Posted: 03.10.2007, 17:05



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last visit: 12.10.08 		Cadbury's are not the only British producer of chocolate.
York is headquarters to Nestlé Rowntree, the confectionery division of Nestlé UK. Swiss-owned Nestlé SA, the world’s largest food company, acquired Rowntree plc in 1988. The York factory is the largest Nestlé factory in the world. About 3,500 people are employed at York – in the factory and commercial functions as well as departments that serve the whole of the Nestlé group, such as distribution, consumer services, IT, purchasing and personnel.

-Also based at York are Nestlé Ice Cream and the Nestlé Product Technology Centre that serves Nestlé confectionery companies at home and abroad.

-The factory produces over 110,000 tonnes of product every year, equivalent to 10% of all confectionery consumed in the UK. Leading York-made brands include Kit Kat, Aero, Smarties and Polo.

-The Nestlé Rowntree Division is the biggest UK exporter of confectionery with around a quarter of output going overseas including a quarter of all Kit Kat production from York.

Why not support a company that supports a British workforce.
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Mike Posted: 03.10.2007, 17:15

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last visit: 21.11.08 		Cadbury will still be manufacturing at Bournville, so a boycott could put those jobs at risk, that was my point. There have been large work force cuts at Nestle, York in the past, also.
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cornishminer Posted: 03.10.2007, 17:35



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last visit: 12.10.08 		So Mike if we all carry on as we are today manufactures moving their production aboard will benefit and carry on moving out until they have all left and the British workforce is left on the street.

Its not just chocolate, Rolls Royce have decided to expand their German facility to test aero engines not the UK.
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piskey6 Posted: 04.10.2007, 08:18

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last visit: 10.11.08 		Lots of reasons to boycott Nestle: http://en.wikip...stlé_boycott

Cadbury's chocolate is of poor quality - a lot of the price of their chocolate simply pays for their rather trite advertising.

You're better off buying fair trade chocolate from the Co-operative. It costs less than the big brands, is of better quality, and you're supporting a British company.
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chris Posted: 04.10.2007, 10:02

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last visit: 01.08.08 		Get used to it. Manufacturing in the UK is all but dead. Even if the government gave a toss about it there is no way we can compete with people willing to work for a quarter the cost (wages make up 70% of production costs) and with the pound being the most overpriced currency in the World.

I'm afraid the future for the UK is a knowledge based/services economy, i.e. everyone has a degree and there are 3 hairdressers and beauticians to every person in the UK.
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Fulub-le-Breton Posted: 04.10.2007, 18:58

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Not necessarily Chris.

Manufacturing can survive as the watch and pen industry in Switzerland proves.

The West needs to take advantage of its infrastructure and skilled workforce and either make high tech or use high tech processes to make other things.


The Cornish Democrat
The Breton Connection
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JonFlower Posted: 06.10.2007, 18:50



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last visit: 11.11.08 		I've been to Cadbury World in Bourneville a couple of times, and there's a certain irony with what is happening now. In one of the audio/visual exhibitions it talks about how in the 19th Century, Cadbury really looked after its workforce and was way ahead of its time e.g. providing workers with local housing, schools and other social services. I wonder if they'll add that in the 21st century they layed off hundreds of people!
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